Supreme Court Hints Shift in Civil Rights Protests
In a 5-4 ruling from Tallahassee Florida the Supreme Court strengthens state power to bar peaceful protests on government property including jail driveways and premises Justice Black says no broad change while Justice Douglas argues there is a shift The decision centers on states controlling own property for lawful non discriminatory purposes and compares state rights to private property trespass protections.
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Johnson to Undergo Throat and Abdominal Surgery
President Johnson enters Bethesda Naval Hospital for throat and abdominal procedures on Wednesday morning after a prior gall bladder and kidney stone operation in 1965. He calls the surgeries minor and expects a brief hospital stay with Vice President Humphrey ready to act if needed.
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Texas
GOP Nomination Field Grows Sharply For 1968 Race
Leonard Hall says Johnson can be beaten in 1968 and notes a deep GOP field. Among top contenders are former vice president Richard Nixon a Romney Reagan Percy and others with Reagan facing state management tests in California while Percy solidifies Illinois carrying momentum.
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Gemini 12 Ends Historic Gemini Flight With Ocean Splashdown
Gemini 12 astronauts Navy Capt. James Lovell Jr. and Air Force Maj. Edwin Aldrin Jr. parachuted safely into the Atlantic’s Sargasso Sea at 2:20 p.m. EST after a 93 hour mission launched from Cape Kennedy. The final recovery was filmed for live TV as Gemini 12 landed 700 miles southeast of Cape Kennedy aboard the aircraft carrier Wasp.
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Minutemen Convicted By Jury in Kansas City
Federal jury in Kansas City convicted Robert B. De Pugh and Walter Peyson of violating the National Firearms Act. The panel viewed a hidden .50 caliber machine gun and four smaller guns. De Pugh and Peyson face up to 15 years, Troy Houghton up to five. Restitution and new trial motions possible. sentencing in about three weeks.
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Robert B. DePugh
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Pan American Cargo Plane Crashes Near West Berlin
Three Pan American crew members were killed when a Boeing 727 cargo jet crashed in East Germany near Dallgow eight miles from West Berlin while carrying 7.1 tons of unsealed mail. The East German commission led by Paul Wilpert investigated as U.S. officials awaited next of kin notices.
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U S Helicopters Downed as Viet Cong Fire Hallmarks Tay Ninh
In Tay Ninh Province Communist gunners shoot down three U S Army helicopters shortly after B52 strikes on Viet Cong 9th Division stronghold. Casualties uncertain. U S says ground action continues with weather limiting air strikes. Attleboro operation reports heavy enemy losses.
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Soviet Move Aims to Read Red China Out Of World Communism
In Sofia, Brezhnev backed a Bulgarian plan for a world Communist party meeting to unite along pro Soviet lines. Romania opposed any step risking a split, urging caution while criticizing U S actions in Vietnam. Brezhnev faulted China for aiding North Vietnam and China’s noncooperation.
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